Pali zizindikiro zambiri za amayi a Mulungu, omwe ali ndi mphamvu zazikulu, kuthandiza okhulupirira m'madera osiyanasiyana. Zina mwa izo ndi fano la "Gerontiss", lomwe liri mu nyumba ya amonke ya Pantokrator pa Phiri Athos. Amatchedwanso "Wapamwamba" ndi "Staritsa". Ndikofunika kudziwa chomwe amai a Mulungu "Gerontissa" amathandizira, chifukwa chithunzi chilichonse chili ndi mphamvu zake. Mwa njira, pa chithunzi ichi Amayi a Mulungu amaimiridwa mu kukula kwathunthu ndipo popanda Bogomladents.
Chimene chimathandiza ndi tanthauzo la chizindikiro "Gerontissa"
Choyamba, mawu ochepa ponena za momwe chithunzicho chinaonekera. Ngakhale m'zaka za m'ma XVII mu nyumba ya amonke paphiri la Athos njala inayamba ndipo m'modzi wamulungu anapemphera masana ndi usiku kwa amayi a Mulungu , kumupempha thandizo. Mawu ake anamveka, ndipo tsiku lina mtsukowo unadzazidwa ndi mafuta, omwe pamapeto pake anawonetsedwa pa chithunzicho. Dzina ndi tanthauzo la chithunzi "Gerontiss" adalandira pambuyo pozizwitsa. Mu nyumba ya amonke ya Hegumen adakhalapo, omwe adamva kuti imfa yake yayandikira. Anapempha wansembe kuti achite liturgy kuti alandire mgonero, koma sanafulumizitse kukwaniritsa pempho lake. Mu nthawi yomweyo anamva mau ochokera ku chifaniziro cha Amayi a Mulungu, omwe adalamula wansembe kuti azindikire pempho la hegum.
Okhulupirira amanena kuti mapemphero pafupi ndi chithunzi amathandizidwa kuti atonthozedwe ndi kuyembekezera ngakhale panthawi zovuta kwambiri. Kupempha mochokera pansi pamtima kudzamveketsedwa komanso kupempha. Chithunzi "Gerontissa" chimatengedwa kuti ndi chachikazi, chifukwa chithunzichi chimathandiza kuthetsa kusabereka komanso kumapangitsa kuti mwana abereke. Kupemphera pafupi ndi chithunzichi kungakhale nthawi ya kupweteka maganizo, kuti mutonthozedwe ndikupeza njira yothetsera vuto. Thandizani mapemphero asanafanane ndi chithunzi kuti athetse mavuto a zakuthupi ndikuchotsani matenda omwe alipo komanso ngakhale ku matenda opha. Namwaliyo amathandiza kuntchito ndi kuphunzira, kudzipereka kudzidalira.